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Beam-Return Current Systems in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

D. S. Spicer  and
R. N. Sudan
D. S. Spicer
Affiliation:
Geophysical and Plasma Dynamics Branch Plasma Physics Division Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C. 20375
R. N. Sudan
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Studies Ithaca, NY 14853

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The importance of electron beams in solar flare dynamics is well known. In order to understand the dynamics produced by beams it is essential to have a clear understanding of the role beam driven return currents play and whether electrostatic or inductive electric fields maintain the return current. We show that inductive electric fields are responsible for driving return currents under solar conditions.

Type
Session VIII
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 107: Unstable Current Systems and Plasma Instabilities , 1985 , pp. 519 - 520
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985